A Cincinnati firefighter suffered minor injuries while dealing with a truck fire on Friday morning.

Just before 7 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to Vine Street near Caldwell Street on a report of a Rumpke truck on fire.

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Crews arrived to find that some of the brakes on the truck had caught fire and quickly extinguished it.

But at some point, one of the truck's tires exploded, knocking down a firefighter, a fire captain told WLWT News 5's Dan Griffin.

The unnamed firefighter was taken to UC Medical Center to be checked out.

“First and foremost, our thoughts are with the injured firefighter,” said Bridgett Biggs, Rumpke safety manager, in a news release. “ We appreciate the quick response of the Cincinnati fire department who were able to quickly extinguish the flames.”